Web-Based Application for Biomedical Image Registry, Analysis, and Translation (BiRAT)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Conceptual Design and Data Model
2.2. Web-Server Application
2.3. Image Viewer
2.4. Server Architecture and Storage
3. Results
3.1. Data Storage Structure
3.2. User Interface
3.3. Image Viewer
3.4. Public Image Repository Portal
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pemmaraju, R.; Minahan, R.; Wang, E.; Schadl, K.; Daldrup-Link, H.; Habte, F. Web-Based Application for Biomedical Image Registry, Analysis, and Translation (BiRAT). Tomography 2022, 8, 1453-1462. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8030117
Pemmaraju R, Minahan R, Wang E, Schadl K, Daldrup-Link H, Habte F. Web-Based Application for Biomedical Image Registry, Analysis, and Translation (BiRAT). Tomography. 2022; 8(3):1453-1462. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8030117
Chicago/Turabian StylePemmaraju, Rahul, Robert Minahan, Elise Wang, Kornel Schadl, Heike Daldrup-Link, and Frezghi Habte. 2022. "Web-Based Application for Biomedical Image Registry, Analysis, and Translation (BiRAT)" Tomography 8, no. 3: 1453-1462. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8030117